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Stearman Aircraft C3-B · Sonoma, CA
N6438 is a Stearman Aircraft C3-B (serial 169), registered to Bowe Walter C Trustee (co-owner) in Sonoma, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires May 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from August 2001 (25 years ago). It carries a Wright J-5 engine rated at 220 hp, the engine on 33% of registered Stearman Aircraft C3-Bs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A873D0. It is one of 8 Stearman Aircraft C3-B aircraft on the FAA registry. Bowe Walter C Trustee holds 61 aircraft on the registry.
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2 of the 6 registered Stearman Aircraft C3-B carry this engine (33%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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